{"id":116588,"date":"2021-06-16T19:23:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T19:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=116588"},"modified":"2021-06-16T19:23:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T19:23:19","slug":"what-it-means-when-sports-stars-stay-coy-about-their-covid-19-vaccine-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/what-it-means-when-sports-stars-stay-coy-about-their-covid-19-vaccine-status\/","title":{"rendered":"What it means when sports stars stay coy about their COVID-19 vaccine status"},"content":{"rendered":"
When two St. Louis Blues hockey players were sidelined because of covid-19 just days before this year’s NHL playoffs, the team said young defenseman Jake Walman had been vaccinated against the deadly illness. But it was mum about the vaccination status of a more well-known player: star forward David Perron.<\/p>\n
It wasn’t until 10 days later — and after the Colorado Avalanche buried the team, without Perron touching the ice in any of the series’ four games — that he begrudgingly acknowledged he had been vaccinated.<\/p>\n
“I don’t want to talk about that anymore,” Perron, the team’s leading scorer, said at a press conference.<\/p>\n
While fans often know intricate details about athletes’ knee joints and concussions, covid vaccinations are another story. Reticence is common among professional athletes. Vaccination status is also a point of secrecy among some Republican lawmakers, other public figures and even many regular people.<\/p>\n
COVID ISSUES: <\/strong>Chris Paul to enter COVID-19 protocols, status for Western Conference finals uncertain<\/span><\/p>\n NOT HAPPY: <\/strong>White Sox's Carlos Rodón calls out MLB commissioner Rob Manfred over foreign substance ban<\/span><\/p>\n